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Purdy! These heavily PhotoShopped Halo pictures are the handiwork of flickr user joshuadamon. Not sure if they're just in-game screen grabs that have been reworked or pics of Halo toys that have been PS'ed or a combination of both. What we are sure of is that these sure are beautiful.
Halotography [Alice]
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Rolling Stone magazine caught up with Metallica last week at their Record Store Day signing event in California, where they interviewed drummer Lars Ulrich, demonstrating the sort of hard-hitting interview questions that have made Rolling Stone a shining example of everything good about pop culture journalism.
You signed a lot of Guitar Hero controllers. Is that cool?In response, I'd imagine Ulrich propped his leg up on a table and scratched his chin thoughtfully, pondering the level of coolness he'd experienced on that day.
It's fucking way cool.Whoa. You just don't get that deep with People magazine...people. Then Lars went on to ruin the illusion by making a valid, heartwarming point.
Our kids love playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It's awesome. There's something really positive coming out of video games. It's so cool to sit there and have your kids talk to you about Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and Soundgarden.Wow, he's right. That is fucking way cool.
Found in a drawer and from Sonic's mid-90's heyday comes this, Where's Sonic? It's a picture book where you, un-huh, look for Sonic. The 2D drawings are spectacular! Click through the gallery below to find Sonic. Maybe you won't. There are no guarantees, really.
Haven't gotten your fill? Click over to UK:R, where they've got more — including challenging blurry ones!
Pre-ordered Okami Wii? You're in luck. Capcom is sending out handmade thank you cards with exclusive Okami stamps and made from recycled fibers and embedded with seeds to those who pre-ordered the game via the Capcom Store. You can plant these thank you cards and sage plants will grow! This is the thank you card that keeps on giving. Or growing, rather. 
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Being a kid is hard. Being a parent? Harder. When a 13 year-old Virginia kid intentionally broke the vacuum cleaner so he could skirt his chores and play Xbox 360, his mom took action. Mean mom action. She tells our sister site Gizmodo:
My 13 year old managed to break the vacuum....thinking it would release him from that duty. He also has a list of other chores that were TYPED up for him to do Friday afternoon....one thing on the list was done...mind you these are simple things...empty the trash, clean your room, etc. Then I go thru the cookies on his computer and find out he has been checking out porn sites. Now there is a password so he can't even get on and his my-space page has a picture of snoopy on it now. Apparently I'm the meanest mom in the world, were his words.I'm a single mom. I can't let them walk over me or I might never get up.
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Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott loves two things: Space and rattails. Man not only has his own sputnik, but his own rattails. This October, Garriott and his flowing locks will be blasting off to the International Space Station. He plans on making a spacewalk, which would make him the first civilian with rattails to do so. Historic! To commemorate the event, Seiko is creating a titanium spring-powered "Spring Drive Spacewalk" watch, which will be limited to 99 pieces only — at a price! But really, can you put a price tag on a Richard Garriott watch? Yes, yes you can. 
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Someone has taken Mini Bash's origami DS and made it real! Over at Newgrounds, artist zikayn writes:
I was bored over Easter and after reading something about a kid making his own DS out of paper, I decided to try and make one of my own, surprisingly it actually started working...
Maybe, tomorrow, too.
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Dance Dance Revolution makes you sweat. Cake makes you fat. This? This looks yummy. Created by blogger Lafemmereaper, this 20cm Dance Dance Revolution cabinet fruitcake (yes!!) is covered in marzipan and fondant icing.
According to Lafemmereaper:
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Previously, we featured the Gundam statue erected in front of Kamiigusa Station in Tokyo. And today! Today we've got amazing picture of them casting the 3 meter tall, 20 million yen Gundam statue in 1,300 degrees Celsius hot molten. Yes, MOLTEN. Click through the pics below. They are spectacular.
Making Gundam [Teku Teku via Anime!Anime! via Alafista]
Like clockwork, today a postal man came to my house, knocked on my door and delivered these Meat Buns. Hooray! Tried them both on and they so fit. Besides obvious things like that the printing is super high quality and the shirts feel delightful, blah, blah, BLAH, there were other things. Like, take a look at the shirt condoms the shirts come in.
Oh. Wait. Sorry.
Anyway, hit the jump for two more pics and zero disgusting shirt sex puns. Promise.
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All the Kotobukiya Armored Core robot toy porn you can handle! All of it!! Not much to add, because hey, if you like Armored Core robots, you're not reading at this point. You're clicking and looking and drooling.
Armored Core Toys [Akiba OS]
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